Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw Quotes

I was an overnight success all right, but 30 years is a long, long night.

I really want people to know that I've worked hard, very hard, to get to where I am today.. this didn't just happen overnight. I started in business over 25 years ago and have found a way to build on what I've learned through every partnership and opportunity.

Not too many guys can say their career was always on the up. You just endure it and continue to work hard, continue to try to be a better player.

There are grand rewards for those who pick the high hard roads, but those rewards are hidden by years.

Building a career or a company is about living a few years of your life like most people won't so that you can spend the rest of your life living at a level most people can't.

My career has been successful, but it's been a grind of hard work.

Actually, I'm an overnight success, but it took twenty years.

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

At the beginning of my career, it was very hard to go up. Now, it's very hard to stay on top. You have to stay there, and I want to stay there so badly. I'm still standing.

Though I have achieved a little bit in my career, I have to continue working hard.

Every step of my career was hard work.

It's been an amazing journey. I've been pursuing a career in this industry for a long time, so when I was finally given an opportunity, I didn't take it for granted.

I have always treated golf as a job. Back in the day it was in a pro shop. That win opened another door, it was a way to jumping on the stepping stone to where I am today. That's the mental attitude you need to keep succeeding.

It started with Dragon Gate USA, where I started as a guy on the pre-show and wasn't promised anything. I kept coming and doing what I do and ended up on the main show and eventually won their championship.

My sister was cute, she said, 'Oh my gosh, you're an overnight success.' 'Oh,' I said, 'this is the longest night.' I've been at it since 1982.

The thing that I appreciate so much about my career and journey is that I do believe everybody can relate to it. There were highs and lows, obviously, before I got to the NFL. And then I got there and won a championship.

Nothing is easy, and as far as my modelling career goes, the path to the top has been long and difficult, but that's what makes it special. I always look back to remind myself where I've come from.

It is not easy for a dancer to be accepted as an actor. But I worked my way up through hard work and by God's grace.

I think hard-working people have more opportunities no matter what on YouTube, regardless of gender.

I didn't have nothing handed to me. It's a hard, long road getting to where I'm at. And I think the fans that have been down with me for a long time, they see that. They've been seeing me clawing my way to try to get to the top.

Remember when you see a man at the top of a mountain, he didn't fall there" "Values are meant to be costly. If it doesn't cost much, we probably wouldn't appreciate the value

Walking on water wasn't built in a day.

I'm not in the Lifetime Achievement area yet-I'm still battling it out in the trenches.

I started with shoes, and with hard work and discipline, the business prospered. I moved to the department store business and again, things went well.